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carrier, a knock on her door interrupted her. She grunted and
rolled her eyes. “Come in.”
    When she turned, instead of Renzo
this time it was his sister standing in her doorway. Jada searched
her memory for the woman’s name.
    “ I’m Zita.”
With a determined step, Zita strode into the room and shut the door
behind her.
    Here we go again.

Chapter
Four
    “ Was there something you
needed? I’m about to leave, and I don’t have a lot of
time.”
    The frown put her in her place
without a word. Jada was being rude, but she didn’t give a
damn. These people had smiled in her face while they thought she was
a lost tourist. Now they all seemed to think she was beneath them
because she’d had an affair with Renzo. They could think what
they liked.
    “ I wanted to ask you to
stay.”
    Jada blinked. “Come again?”
    Zita shrugged and floated over to
the window to peer out. Jada had a flashback to the historical
romances she used to read for years. Zita could be one of the
heroines, exotic and beautiful, and there was an innocence about her
too.
    “ I don’t care why
you’re here and if you’re just trying to get my brother’s
money. It doesn’t affect me at all. My inheritance can’t
be touched. My father made sure of that.” Zita swung to face
her. “What your presence does do is get my brothers and my
uncle’s focus off of me. I saw that in one night, and it’s
great. With all their arguing last night, I was able to…
Anyway, stay. Get whatever it is you want. After all, doesn’t
your baby deserve the best life it can get?”
    Jada stared at her. “You
know about the baby?”
    Zita laughed. “Like I said,
they were arguing half the night. I don’t know why any of them
bother, though. No one has ever been able to make Renzo do what he
doesn’t want to. No one except Dad maybe, but even then he came
with a good argument because I think my big brother was born knowing
exactly what he wanted, and nothing ever stopped him from getting
it.”
    Jada at last came out of her
shocked daze and put her hands on her hips. “So as much as you
admire your brother, you don’t care if he marries a gold digger
as long as it doesn’t get in your way? Who the hell are you
people?”
    Zita frowned. “It’s
not like that.”
    “ No? Then how is it?”
    The younger woman stomped over
toward the door but turned back to Jada. “I love Renzo, and
he’s brilliant. He’s excellent at judging character. So
either he thinks you’re a good person, or he has calculated the
risks of having you around and figures he can control you.”
    “ What?” Jada’s
temper flew through the roof. “Nobody controls me.”
    Zita eyed her up and down. “I
admit I don’t know any black people personally.”
    Again, she took Jada’s
ability to speak.
    “ You’re interesting.
I like the way you speak and the attitude. I think you can stand up
to him and my family, and I’d love to be able to do that and
get away with it. Even still, I’ve never seen anyone get the
better of Renzo, and I don’t think you will either. Don’t
run away. See where it goes and see how you can help your baby. Renzo
would make a great dad, just like ours was. I know it.”
    With that announcement, the young
woman was gone, and Jada stood where she was, replaying everything
the spoiled little rich girl had said. Even if her motives were
selfish, some of what she’d shared made sense, and it got Jada
to think of other considerations. If Renzo was serious about being a
part of his baby’s life, then she’d do a lot better to
work with him rather than antagonize him. In the end, the man had
money and probably influence. If he decided to fight her, she could
lose, and that wasn’t acceptable under any circumstances. One
thing was for sure though—Jada Thompson was not going to be
controlled by any man, rich or poor.

    * * * *

    Jada tossed her towel aside and
approached the water. She marveled at how huge the Mariani pool was
and the fact that it was an